Residential Support Worker - Driver

Keys Group; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real Living Wage

NEST Pension Scheme

Free DBS Check

Paid Training

28 days annual leave

Staff referral bonus

Job summary

Keys Group is seeking casual children’s support workers to join a caring family home for younger, active children. You will provide encouragement, be a patient, understanding presence, and help inspire growth in a demanding but rewarding environment.

The role requires a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle, and shifts may include sleep-ins. Benefits include training, progression opportunities, and a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with children
• Energetic and positive attitude, able to stay patient in challenging moments
• Flexibility to work shifts including sleep-ins and weekends

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, caring home environment and positive role model for children
• Support children's emotional and physical development and celebrate milestones
• Maintain open communication with the team and care managers while following safeguarding policies

Skills

Communication

Energetic

Patience

Driving licence

Education

Child care experience

Job description

• Be part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home for children and young people, led and supported by a registered manager.
• Act as a positive role model to to give encouragement and praise.
• Enjoy fun days out such as swimming, trampolining, football, dance and revisit missed milestones.
• Provide emotional and physical support to allow the children to reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations
• Build friendships and trusting relationships
• Help them to find pleasure in everyday tasks
• Empower them to make decisions about themselves
  Full UK driving license and access to own vehicle are essential in this role.

We are looking for casual children's support workers to become part of our family home, caring for younger children who very active and energetic. You would be the person to give encouragement and praise when needed, to be patient and understanding during times of crisis and to inspire them to grow and develop. The role can be physically demanding and you will need lots of energy to keep up BUT you could be the person to change a life for the better. What do you need?

• Great communication skills, fun, positive and energetic.
• Experience and qualifications in chldren's care or transferable skills such as children's nursery, sport, education or early years experience.
• Ability to build trusting relationships and be a role model
• Full UK Driving licence is essential.
• You need to be able to work flexibly in caring for the children. This will include working shifts and sleep-ins.

Keys Group provide innovative care and education services to children and young people who have complex needs, emotional and behavioural difficulties. We try and make every day extraordinary for the children we care for and support, because we believe in every single one of them.

Keys Group is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community. Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues. As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for.

As well as competitive pay and in-house professional support we provide and fully fund the necessary training to achieve valuable externally accredited qualifications. Still not convinced? Keys Group offer a benefits package including:

What else do we offer?

• Career Progression: We invest in your growth with clear paths to advance, including opportunities to become a Registered Manager.
• Competitive Salary: We offer the Real Living Wage as a minimum.
• Enhanced Pay Scales: Recognise both qualifications and experience with higher pay rates
• Family Support: Enhanced company maternity and paternity pay.
• Rewarding Job - Full of variety and enjoyment. No two days are ever the same
• Supportive Management - regular supervisions and appraisals to ensure you are enjoying life at Keys Group
• Regular Team Meetings - Include and contribute your ideas towards the progression of the service and have your voice heard as part of our regional management team
• Funded Qualifications - We fully fund and support you to obtain a range of QCF's opening up further career opportunities and extra pay
• Paid Training - Get paid to enrol in our sector leading training and level up your career
• Full Induction Program: Comprehensive introductory training to set you up for success.
• Amazing Discount Schemes - Access amazing deals with the Hapi App & Blue Light Card
• NEST Pension Scheme: Secure your future with our pension plan.
• Wellbeing Support, Advice and Guidance - Access advice and guidance through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Staff Referral Scheme - Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you
• Circle App - internal communications on the next level, be part of something special
• Annual Leave: 28 days of annual leave, including Bank Holidays entitlement
• Free Enhanced DBS Check
• Real progression opportunities
• Amazing Discount Schemes - You'll have access to both the Cirlce & a Blue Light Card which give you incredible discounts at high street retailers, days out, gifts, holidays - even when buying a car